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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiko Iwase, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoyuki Makihira, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Miyata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Shinbata, Tama, JP;
Ritsuya Tomita, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Kibe, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/0025 (2013.01); A61B 3/0058 (2013.01); A61B 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a polarization-sensitive tomographic image of a subject, and an extraction unit configured to extract, from the polarization-sensitive tomographic image of the subject, a region in which a polarization state is scrambled.